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Chasing Tropical Storm Bill
10 years ago
A Journal for any Meteorology furs or anyone who likes Severe Weather.
For those that don't know, aside from my professions, Storm Chasing or anything that revolves around Severe Weather is a hobby of mine. I always was heavily fascinated by Meteorology. Blame it on the F2 Tornado that tore through Corpus Christi on October, 2002. I was deathly afraid of those back then...now I'll usually go looking for em XD
I'm not a certified meteorologist, I've only independently studied the subject on my own while taking a few courses, including a Storm Spotter's course. Even then, I'm always learning something new. ^.^
Sooo....I got a little ambitious yesterday. Originally Tropical Storm Bill was only supposed to make landfall on Matagorda Bay (Port Lavaca, TX area) but when I checked my Radar, the storm cut westward, and put itself on a path to make landfall on San Antonio Bay (Austwell and Seadrift, TX).
...so I proceeded to intercept the storm. I got to Austwell, TX just as the center of the storm was passing over. Video and Pictures to come :3
Gotta say, the approach was easier than I anticipated. The storm didn't stay well defined as a Tropical Storm. I intercepted the center by cutting through the Southwest region of the system. Rain was light to moderate with only Gale force winds. It only got relatively heavy once I started entering the center. Was beautiful seeing the inner bands from the center. Even managed to have a loosely defined eye, even though it's more commonly a hurricane feature. Even had some other chasers from Victoria, TX come by to see it. Storm surge submerged the boating dock on Austwell's coastline. Wasn't really high but again, not a hurricane.
Was quite exciting. I always wanted to do this ^.^
For those that don't know, aside from my professions, Storm Chasing or anything that revolves around Severe Weather is a hobby of mine. I always was heavily fascinated by Meteorology. Blame it on the F2 Tornado that tore through Corpus Christi on October, 2002. I was deathly afraid of those back then...now I'll usually go looking for em XD
I'm not a certified meteorologist, I've only independently studied the subject on my own while taking a few courses, including a Storm Spotter's course. Even then, I'm always learning something new. ^.^
Sooo....I got a little ambitious yesterday. Originally Tropical Storm Bill was only supposed to make landfall on Matagorda Bay (Port Lavaca, TX area) but when I checked my Radar, the storm cut westward, and put itself on a path to make landfall on San Antonio Bay (Austwell and Seadrift, TX).
...so I proceeded to intercept the storm. I got to Austwell, TX just as the center of the storm was passing over. Video and Pictures to come :3
Gotta say, the approach was easier than I anticipated. The storm didn't stay well defined as a Tropical Storm. I intercepted the center by cutting through the Southwest region of the system. Rain was light to moderate with only Gale force winds. It only got relatively heavy once I started entering the center. Was beautiful seeing the inner bands from the center. Even managed to have a loosely defined eye, even though it's more commonly a hurricane feature. Even had some other chasers from Victoria, TX come by to see it. Storm surge submerged the boating dock on Austwell's coastline. Wasn't really high but again, not a hurricane.
Was quite exciting. I always wanted to do this ^.^
Tornadoes though, it'd definitely be more challenging to get, and it'd add more to the fun of it. What I did yesterday was a simple interception in a somewhat predictable path (It cut westward before hooking NNW as soon as I got in its path.) whereas a Supercell will keep you on your toes. Otherwise, I guess what excites me about Tropical Cyclones is the thrill and challenge of putting myself through something that powerful with a helava view in the middle.